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UML 2: Additional Diagram Types: Object Diagrams

The document discusses additional UML diagram types beyond those covered in the software engineering case study. It lists and briefly defines seven additional diagram types: object diagrams, component diagrams, deployment diagrams, package diagrams, composite structure diagrams, interaction overview diagrams, and timing diagrams.

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UML 2: Additional Diagram Types: Object Diagrams

The document discusses additional UML diagram types beyond those covered in the software engineering case study. It lists and briefly defines seven additional diagram types: object diagrams, component diagrams, deployment diagrams, package diagrams, composite structure diagrams, interaction overview diagrams, and timing diagrams.

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UML 2: Additional
Diagram Types
O.1 Introduction
If you read the optional Software Engineering Case Study sections in Chapters 2–8 and
10, you should now have a comfortable grasp on the UML diagram types that we use to
model our ATM system. The case study is intended for use in first- or second-semester
courses, so we limit our discussion to a concise, subset of the UML. The UML 2 provides
a total of 13 diagram types. The end of Section 2.9 summarizes the six diagram types that
we use in the case study. This appendix lists and briefly defines the seven remaining dia-
gram types.

O.2 Additional Diagram Types


The following are the seven diagram types that we have chosen not to use in our Software
Engineering Case Study.
• Object diagrams model a “snapshot” of the system by modeling a system’s ob-
jects and their relationships at a specific point in time. Each object represents an
instance of a class from a class diagram, and there may be several objects created
from one class. For our ATM system, an object diagram could show several dis-
tinct Account objects side by side, illustrating that they are all part of the bank’s
account database.
• Component diagrams model the artifacts and components—resources (which
include source files)—that make up the system.

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• Deployment diagrams model the runtime requirements of the system (such as


the computer or computers on which the system will reside), memory require-
ments for the system, or other devices the system requires during execution.
• Package diagrams model the hierarchical structure of packages (which are groups
of classes) in the system at compile-time and the relationships that exist between
the packages.
• Composite structure diagrams model the internal structure of a complex object
at runtime. Composite structure diagrams are new in UML 2 and allow system
designers to hierarchically decompose a complex object into smaller parts. Com-
posite structure diagrams are beyond the scope of our case study. Composite
structure diagrams are more appropriate for larger industrial applications, which
exhibit complex groupings of objects at execution time.
• Interaction overview diagrams, which are new in UML 2, provide a summary of
control flow in the system by combining elements of several types of behavioral
diagrams (e.g., activity diagrams, sequence diagrams).
• Timing diagrams, also new in UML 2, model the timing constraints imposed on
stage changes and interactions between objects in a system.
If you are interested in learning more about these diagrams and advanced UML
topics, please visit www.uml.org and the Web resources listed at the ends of Section 1.16
and Section 2.9.

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